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J. J.BRENK. MATCH SAFE.

No. 506,303. Patented Oct. 10, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. BRENK, OE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HAROLD G. UNDERWOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,303, dated October 10, 1893.

Application filed January 19. 1892. Beiial No. 418,539. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. BRENK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match- Safes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in match safes, and consists in the matters hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention:Figure 1. is aperspective view of a match safe embodying one form of my invention, showing parts broken away. Fig. 2. is a view of one of the blanks from which this form is made.

In said drawings:A indicates a vertical magazine or holder, open at its lower end, and B a receiver or hopper communicating with the open lower end of the magazine A.

0 indicates a box of matches placed on end within the magazine A, and having the tubular cover 0' partly withdrawn so as to open the lower end of said box.

The operation of my improved device will be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

A box of matches is placed on end within the magazine or holder A, the tubular 'cover being partly withdrawn. The matches will then escape from the open lower end of the box into the receiver or hopper B, from which they may be removed as required by the user. In this manner, an entire box full of matches may be placed within the match safe, and only comparatively few matches at a time will be fed into the hopper B, the remainder being held within the box inside of the magazine A, in such a position as to automatically feed from the box into said hopper as fast as the matches are used therefrom.

If desired, the matches may be placed in the vertical magazine loosely, instead of being retained in the boxes as just described, but my device will be found Very convenient for filling the match safe with an entire box of matches at a time.

The blanks from which this form of my device is constructed may be made from any suitable or desired material, such for instance as sheet metal, paper or card-board. When made from sheet metal, a portion, such as the front part b of the hopper B, is preferably roughened or corrugated, and when made from paper or card-board, said portion is 7 preferably sanded, so as to afford convenient means for igniting the matches. As shown at a, the rear wall of the holder may be perforated for convenient suspension from the wall.

As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the blanks from which my improved match safes are made, are preferably formed from a single piece of material, having a practically rectangular main portion, E, a practically rectangular side extension, F, of less depth than said main portion, a straightedged lower neck or extension, G, of less width than said main portion, and a lower extension, H, wider than said neck and main portion, and having oblique or angular ends or side terminations, I, I, the said blanks being preferably scored as indicated by the dotted lines to facilitate bending at the proper points, and the tongues D D may be provided upon the margins of said blanks at suitable points, said tongues being arranged to engage with apertures or slots D D formed in the blanks so as to afford convenient means for securing said margins in position by simply bending or clinching said tongues through said apertures or slots, when the blanks are made from sheet metal, although solder may be applied if desired.

When the blanks are made from paper or card-board, the edges or tongues are co nveniently gummed together.

If desired, my improved match safes may be packed for shipment in a knock-down condition and may be readily bent up and secured in proper position by the dealer or the user.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A match-box blank composed of a single piece of material having a practically rectangular main portion, a practically rectangular side extension of less depth than said main open receptacle, the said piece being scored,

folded, and held together by tongues or projecting edges on one folded part secured to Ehe adjacent folded part, substantially as set ort-h.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of HS- cousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH J. BRENK.

Witnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, JOHN E. WILES. 

